Hair treating apparatus



Feb. 25,1958 v. R. PILEGGI 2,824,566

HAIR TREATING APPARATUS Filed Aug. 13, 1956 INVE TOR 4 Vmwenf K P t e66 ATTORNEY United States Patent HAIR TREATING APPARATUS Vincent R. Pileggi, Haddon Heights, N. J.

Application August 13, 1956, Serial No. 603,533

11 Claims. (Cl. 132-45) This invention relates to hair treating apparatus, and particularly to such apparatus with which a plurality of different hair treating operations can be performed.

It is the principal object of the present invention to provide hair treating apparatus with which more effective cutting of the hair can be achieved and with which simultaneous curling of the hair can also be achieved if desired.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide hair treating apparatus of the character aforesaid embodying a heated cutter.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide hair treating apparatus embodying a heated cutter and a heated curler.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide an attachment for use with cutters of the razor type which attachment is capable of being mounted on such cutter and with which a plurality of operations can be effected.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide an attachment for use with cutters of the razor type with which a plurality of operations can be performed and which is simple in construction and readily applied to or removed from a conventional type of cutter of the razor type.

Other objects and advantageous features of the invention will be apparent from the specification and claims.

The nature and characteristic features of the invention will be more readily understood from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part thereof, in which:

Figure 1 is a side clevational view of a razor having the attachment of the present invention applied thereto and as seen from one side thereof;

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view of the apparatus shown in Fig. 1, as seen from the other side thereof;

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an end elevation view of the structure shown in Fig. 1 as seen from the left;

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4 showing one character of operation performed with the apparatus of the present invention;

Fig. 6 is a view similar to Fig. 4 showing another character of operation capable of being performed with the apparatus of the present invention;

Fig. 7 is a view similar to Fig. 4 showing another character of operation capable of being performed with the apparatus of the present invention; and

Fig. 8 is a view similar to Fig. 4 showing another character of operation capable of being performed with the apparatus of the present invention.

It should, of course, be understood that the description and drawings herein are illustrative merely, and that various modifications and changes can be made in the structure disclosed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

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Like numerals refer to like parts throughout the several views.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, in which a preferred embodiment of the invention as illustrated, a cutting implement of the razor type is illustrated at 10, having a handle portion 11 and a blade 12. The

blade 12 has a thickened shank portion 13 bounded by concave side faces 13a which converge to a cutting edge 14. The blade 12 has the handle portion 11 integral therewith and extending from one end thereof. The handle 11 can also have pivotally connected thereto, by a rivet 15 and with interposed spacer washers, 15a, a movable guard, comprising a pair of spaced guard plates 16, held in spaced relation at their outer ends by a spacer block 17. A rivet 18 is provided between the outer ends of the guard plates 16 and the block 17 to hold the same together. The blade is adapted to have removably mounted thereon in frictional engagement therewith an attachment 19 in accordance with the invention. The attachment 19 is preferably formed of resilient metal and has a central elongated arcuate body portion 20 with concave converging side flanges 21 and 22 extending therefrom and conforming in shape to the side faces 13a. The side flanges 21 and 22 are urged by the central arcuate portion 20 and their own resiliency into gripping engagement with the side faces 13a. The attachment 19 can be applied to and removed from the blade 12 by slipping the same over the free end of the blade 12.

The side flange 21 has a plurality of spaced dents 29a which extend beyond the cutting edge 14 to provide a guard for the cutting edge 14.

The side flange 22 has an integral tongue 23 extending perpendicularly outwardly therefrom on which a hinge arm 24 is mounted by a rivet 25. The connection between the tongue 23 and the arm 24 is relatively tight to provide a frictional holding of the arm 24 to the position to which it is moved. The arm 24 has an enlarged head 25 which is received within a socket 26 at one end of an opening 27 for retaining and pivotally mounting a circular cylindrical roller 28 for free rotation. The roller 28, at the end opposite the arm 24, has a protuberance 29 on a spring latch arm 30 in engagement therein to permit rotation of the roller 28 in its latched position parallel to the cutting edge 14 (see Figs. 2 and 3).

The spring arm 30 is integral with the side flange 22 and can be sprung outwardly to disengage from the free end of the roller 28 and to permit swinging of the roller 28 to an out of action position as illustrated in dotted lines in Fig. 3 where it is held by the friction at its rivet mounting 25.

In the space within the body portion 20, and between and in engagement with the interior of the body portion 20 and the contiguous edge of the blade shank 13, an electric resistance heating unit 31, preferably of the cylindrical cartridge type, is in relatively tight engagement for supplying heat directly to the blade 12 as well as to the exterior of the body portion and to a lesser extent to the roller 28 and any hair, if hair is rolled thereon. The unit 31 has a suitable insulated conductor 32 connected thereto for supplying electrical energy for heating.

The mode of use will now be pointed out.

With electrical energy supplied to the heating unit the blade 12 is heated to facilitate the cutting of hair for trimming. If desired, the roller 28 can be swung to the position shown in Fig. 3 and the hair out directly by the cutting edge 14. The cutting of the hair is facilitated by the heating of the blade 12 and its cutting edge.

A wave can be imparted to the hair if it is drawn along the heated flange 22 and to a greater or lesser extent over the exterior of the heated body portion 20 (see Fig. 8).

If a greater degree of wave or curl is desired to be imparted during cutting, the roller 28 is swung to the position shown in full lines and the hair to be cut is directed over the periphery of the heated roller 23 (see Fig. 5) and if a still greater degree of curl is desired the hair can be drawn over both the roller 28 and over the exterior of the heated body portion 20 (see Fig. 8).

If desired, also, hair may be rolled onto the roller 28 while the roller is disposed in an outwardly extending position and the roller 28 moved to the latched position for heating, as illustrated in Fig. 7, to aid in drying and curling strands of the hair.

I claim:

1. Hair treating apparatus comprising a cutter blade having a shank portion and side faces converging to a longitudinal cutting edge, a resilient member having an arcuate portion parallel to said edgeand extending around said shank portion, said resilient member having flanges extending from said arcuate portion and in engagement with said side faces and holding said resilient member on said cutter blade, a roller of substantially the same length as said cutting edge, one of said flanges having mounting portions for supporting said roller for free rotation with its axis parallel to the cutting edge in transverse offset relation to said cutter blade, and a heating unit interiorly disposed in said resilient member and along said shank for heating said blade.

2. Hair treating apparatus as defined in claim 1 in which one of said mounting portions is a spring latch.

3. Hair treating apparatus as defined in claim 1 in which one of said mounting portions is pivotally con nected to one of said flanges.

4. Hair treating apparatus as defined in claim 1. in which one of said mounting portions at one end of said roller includes a pivotal connection to one of said flanges and the other of said mounting portions is in detachable engagement with the other end of said roller.

5. Hair treating apparatus as defined in claim 1 in which the outer surface of said arcuate portion is a hair engaging surface heated by said heating unit.

which the other of said flanges has guard dents extend,

ing outwardly beyond the cutting edge.

7. An attachment for treating hair and adapted for use with a cutter of the razor type comprising a resilient arcuate body portion having an outer surface for engagement by the hair and having converging flanges extending therefrom, a heating unit in said body portion remote from the free margins of said flanges, and a roller, one of said flanges having mounting portions extending outwardly therefrom for supporting said roller with its axis parallel to the"longitudinal'axis' of'and, in transverse relation to, said body portion. i

8. An attachment for treating hair as defined in claim 7 in which one o'f said mounting portions is a spring latch.

9. An attachment for treating hair as defined in claim 7 in which one of said mounting portions is pivotally connected to one of said flanges. i

10. An attachment for treating hair as defined in claim 7 in which one of said mounting portions at one end of said roller includes a pivotal connection to one of said flanges and the other of said mounting portions is in detachable engagement with the other'end of said roller.

11. An attachment for treating hair as defined in claim 7 in which the other of said flanges has guard dents ex tending outwardly along its free longitudinal marginal 

